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THE SCBAXTOK TRIBT7NE SATURDAY MOBXIXG, APRIL 11, -.1896.
RODNb TIE SPORTWG WEft
PLAYERS ARE REPORTING
Other EvWences That the Baseball
Season Is Here.
18 ACT ICE GAMES XEXT KEEK
Uaraoalous reeling Uetweea Plajcra
and Managemeat-Improvemeata at
the Park-Home I'aiforraa Will
Be Ulna in Color.
Joy was yesterday brought to the
heai-ia of Manager McPermott and the
t players who have reported. The
bright warm sunshine had mui-h to do
with it as It nave the management and
players a very forcible reminder or the
festivity to come.
Hips. Mullurkey and Chilei. who
have been here for sometime, and Wurd
and Hasan, who arrived Tuesday and
Thursday respectively, were out at the
grounds during the afternoon and gave
tlieinsilvea an impromptu seance or
fiUky practicing. Chiles gave an in
dication of how he was feeling by bat
ting the ball four times over the cen
tertleld fence from a point near the
plate. When it Is remembered that the
fence Is thirty feet farther from the
fence than last seasun the fait will
be realized that Chiles is not suffering
from spring fewr.,, Il-ss and Mul
larkey. too, show the benefits of sev
eral weeks' faithful training. Eagan
und Ward are In the best of ordinary
condition, but have not yet gut the
kinks out of their elbows and knees.
HERE OR EN ROCTE.
VtU, one of the bunch uf untried
volts, arrived Thursday night from
Waterloo. Ind.. and Pitcher Stemmill.
ot Maryland, and outfielder Flack, of
the I.ewistons. of the New England
league, reached h'-re during yesterday.
All the other player me t-xpecled to
day, excepting Power, who ktlll holds
mu a bluff for more salary: Tommy
Johnson, who left Sun Francisco
Wednesday, and Mugulre. of Trenton,
who will Join the club en the trip.
The work of ivi.oM.lliii-' the grounds
end building Is picwessitiR satiafao
lonlly and will :uiviy be finished by
the 27th. uhch Hie Uuln returns from
the practice Jaunt up East. The
grounds aiv ciiinletely enclosed, una
the addition of llfty feet to the width
and thirty leet to the depth gives the
property the appeal mice of bigness im
mediate o:, pftsatiift through the gate.
The new diamond can already bo
seen in outline as the nod has been re
moved and the earth is ready for rak
ing, rolling and marking. Kueh of the
outfield terrltoiies bus been Increased
In size by the new limits ot the park.
The hills and valleys which did much
last year to reduce the average of
Scranton's outfielder? will be rolled flat
by a steam roud roller within a few
days.
Among the players there is a feeling
Of saiisiaotion und rohildenee In the
owneis and Manager McDermott. This
feeling of contentment is bound to
prove a valuable factor In Soranton'a
favor, for no matter how good a lot of
men are contained in a club, they can
not play winning ball if subjected to a
picayune business policy and ill-treatment
This wag proved last year when
at the start anu on paper the Sc-ranton
team was heralded as a promising can
didate for first division honors.
"Bali players are human," said Pete
kagan yesterday, ''and will resent bad
treatment or respond to kind trcutiii-sn-.
Just the same as other people. T'.e
public thinks wee a huiuui-scaium
lot well, we we. If treated as lb ten -tots
by our employers, und so .vould
any class of men be under the sane cir
cumstances. L;o-t year is sou- und I
haven't any kick io muke -for publica
tion.' but I want tc loll yot the boys
ure tickled oVrr this year"' prospect.
We feel that we ure golu: to be well
treated, well paid und W-'ll cared for,
and there will be tons o Rood, honest
work wlif-re Inst yeitr 'iicre were tons
of grumbling, lost limit and dissatis
faction. The point Is, we are now
working for men w'o realize that the
best results will cue from kind treat
ment toward us and you will find that
all th' boys ytl show their apprecia
tion l,y doing neii- besr. 1 will be more
emp'iutli' am say that uny player on
the U'liin .vho betruvs '.lie kindness
shown Iiiit will linu- the ill-will of the
oiner pltye-s before the management
Is on to t ti ii. Thai Roes, too."
, IT ISN'T A JOLT-Y.
P te Eagait has never been accused
o' being a Jollier or overly talkative,
ior was he talking to the grandstand.
' He freely and unconsciously expressed
the sentiment of all base boll players
whose opinion on the matter is echoed
by the cranks.
In selecting the uniforms, blue hns
been chosen for home games and gray
for the games abrond. Th blue suits
will be lettered In white; the caps will
be of the golf college style; the stock
ings will be of maroon color. The same
style of caps and the same colored
stockings will be worn with the gray
uniforms. last year the blue uniforms
were worn away from home.
It should not be Inferred that blue
has been adopted this season for the
home games because of superstition.
The team is a new one and color won't
change luck to good or bad. It is good
or bad ball playing that will deter
mine Seranton's position In the race.
And this suggests ngoln the harmoni
ous feeling between the players and
the management. The latter have nnd
will do more than a management usual
ly does. If the players prove comrie-
tent, and there's no doubt thev will lr
their best, Seranton's only excuse for
not pemg near the head of the list will
be poor material. It Is with this feel.
lug- that a public which suffered long
unaer me om regime says let the band
play. ,
Already "the mudwtiy," as the late
lamented Mike Kelly called Penn ave
nue, gives evidence of the approaching
season, flayers and cranks congre
gate there and discuss the all-absorl
Ing topic, "Seranton's Chances." Cuba
I Have the Largest
And Most Complete
REPAIR SHOP
In the City and Can Do
Brazing,
Enameling,
Nickel Plating,
TiirUtilcanizing,
ETC, AS WELL IS ANY BICYCLE FACTORY
C M. FLOREY
. 222 Wyoming
"" t ft C- A BIIILDIW.
and the Venezuelan questions are not
In It.
WILL LEAVE TUESDAY.
Between now and Tuesday the play
ers will Umber up and will leave that
night for Hartford, where they play
Billy Barnie'a Atlantic leaguers. The
negotiations to begin the exhibition
games with Princeton and the Orange
Athletic club were not completed. Af
ter Hartford, games will be played at
New Haven. Paterson, New Bedford,
Newark. Brockton and Fall River be
fore coming home for games with the
Cuban Giants Tuesday and Wednesday,
April 2? and 28, and with Carbondale
on April 2. cm April SO the team will
leave for Springfield, where the season
will be opened Friday, May t.
Meanwhile, it behooves somebody
with authority to give "the base ball
park" a name. It didn't deserve one
last year, but It does now: it Is no
longer a child of perfidy and dishonor.
, EMPIRES' IXSTRtCIIOMS.
Sent Ont t? President Yonni of the
National League
President Young, of the National
I.nse Ball league, has issued a circular
ot instructions, addressed as follows:
To league umpires: As the gentlemen
selected to till the positions of league mn
lre for ISM are all men of large experi
ence and mostly old league umpires. It
seems almost unneressarv for me to issue
tpeelul instruction. I desire, however, to
call your special attention to the changes
In the rules in relation to fining and re
moviil of pluyers. eu, and 1 shall Insist
liint every umpire enforce, not only that,
but every playing rule, both In letter und
spirit. If any rule Is faulty, it rm only
be demonstrated by its strict enforcement.
It is useless for on umpire to enloive
the rules unless each an every one dees
(xuetly the fame. If you i-ommnce frum
the very lint game to do your whole dutv,
you will have little trouble In Uolnit so
during i lie entire season; but If you do r.ot
your trouble will have just commence:!
and your usefulness as an umpire be
prui-tlcally at an end.
1 have the utmost confidence In every
one of the ntnplies. and I believe thut ev
ery ilfolsion rendered will be governed by
ll!s best lioiest judgment. Ill tile OH
charge of your dir.y on the held yon all
Willi know ihut you have my iiiKiuallliod
support, and you will receive the sup
per; of every leassin? uitklul.
The umpires will provide themselves
Willi a blue flannel suit and cup. and al
ways present u licit appeuraiu-e on ihe
tieU.
lie courteous and polite to all playe's
whenever you meet them, und I would
advise that you avoid lamlliurity with
anv. With many It would be liurnilfc-M.
while wlUi others it would be taken ad
vantage of and destroy your usefulness to
a very great extent.
You' will consider all assignments r.s
ronnilentlal, as chvuiusiiuiees iniKht make
u eliaiigi necessary at very short notice.
Alter the game go directly to your ho
tel, as you may find u tcleijram awaiting
you. You cannot be too eaieiul in watch
ing for telegrams, anil by so (loins you
tun save us both considerable trouble.
It Is also very nnpoi t int that you should
advise us at once by letter or wire where
you are stopping in tach city and If pos
sible 1 would like a list of all the hotels
where you stop during the seasan and
then make no change without previously
advlnllJK 1111:
it you have anv doubt about the proper
construction of any rule let me know and
I will lake pleasure In giving you full in
formation. Your decisions must be uui
form upon .-very point of play.
Don't be too iiafiy in rendering u deci
sion, but I cannot too strongly ImoieiS
upon vour minds the Importance of be
ing prompt in doing so after you have
foimed an Intelligent Judameni. Kveii a
Very sllglu delay gives the audience the
Imiresstoii tha you nre in doubt.
pc'fectlv fearless In doing lust ex
actly what yon believe to be nelit.
Yours truly,
r.. l ouiir.
TROTTING RACES.
Local Horsemen Are Well Hoased at the
Prospect.
1 .. .a I l.....a.m,i,t, ril,
In the fact thu there will be two trot
ting meets here on June .m, . uim -.
T ... , Thov fel that the
ttllU 111 " I""'-1 --. -
meetings will be of more than ordinary
excellence In view rt me stroiis cm-un
combination In Wavcrly. N. J.. Allen-
town, Bethlehem, scraiuon uim diuh
hnmton and the assurance of generous
entries.
The circuit is that oi me renn
svlvonln and New York Trotting
association. At a meeting of rep
resentatives or tile several mierenm
held In this city. Jeremluh Roth, of Al
lentown, was elected president, and H.
A. Ciroman, of Bethlehem, secretary.
The Scranton sncretary Is J. A. Fritz,
with whom entries should be made.
STATE LEAGUE TROUBLES.
Are L'nded by Getting shamokln Into the
League.
Potisvllle. Pa.. April 10. After many
dnvs of trouble and great anxiety, Man-
acer John Milligan Is once more happy.
Mllligan evidently lost all hope in be
Intr nlilx to make satisfactory terms at
Read nil. and lie therefore turtieu nis
attention to Shamokln, which town he
this afternoon Induced to take the fran
chlse of Reading und Join the State
Base Bail leueue.
This completes the State league, and
now buse ball enthusiasts look for
ward to smooth sailing. The Reading
club will report at Shamokln April 20
and open the season at Pottsville .May l
RANDALL ON A TANDEM.
Rochester Bicyclist Assisted In Making
Two New Records.
San Diego, Cal., April ID. Two bt
cycle records were broken at the C'oro
nudo track. "The Ilrst wus the tandem
half mile, unpaced, a llylng start, and
was made In SO a-u seconds, by J. M.
Randall, of Rochester, N. Y., and C.
Schefskl, of Salt Lake City.
The second record was the one-quar
ter mile unpaced, flying start, made in
24 2-5 seconds by J. M. Randall ,and
Karl Kiser, of Dayton, O.
Chicago to Now York In I'lve Hays.
Chicago, April 10. John Luwson, the
"terrible Swede," a well-known Chica
go bicycle rider, hns determined to try
for the Chicago-New York record us
soon as the weather permits. Luwson
has sonw original Ideas about racing
which ho will utilize on bis attempt.
The Swede Is confident of placing the
record between the two cities at live
days. The present fastest time Is 5
days, 22 hours and 1.1 minutes, to the
credit of Bob Seni le.
'fixers id Congratulations.
Princeton, April Hi. The students of
Princeton college assembled In Alex
ander hull nnd nml the crea'est en
thusiasm passed n resolution to siihd
the following cablegrnln to their team
In Athens: "We, the undergraduates
of Princeton, wish to express out heart
iest appreciation for your efforts and
congratulate you In your success."
Snrto?n (jolt the Race
I'pou the authority of the B osUm
Herald, It Is now practically sett lid
that the big quadrangular boat rure
between Harvard, Columbia, Cornell
and Pennsylvania, will take place at
i i-tarntogu, rn. i.. anu not on tne HUd
I son river course at Poughkeepsle, or on
I the Ctmuf-cttcut.
' Rode Ills Own Junipers to V.ctory.
Dublin, April 10 At the Fairy House
Steeplechase meeting, which was held
! here on April , W. C. Eustls, an Amer
ican millionaire, won three races. Mr.
EUBtls hode his own horses, and had
for his, competitors some of the best
Jockeys in Great Britain.
a A RICH JOCKEY
Colored Kidcr Hank NcU to Tarsi
hi Wealth.
MODE THE GREAT S.UYATOK
Only Jockey Who Ever Worn the Brooklyn
and the Suburban In One Year.
A Good Wife Uelped
f nrlch Hint.
With the possible exception of Jockey
Fred Taral. who has planted fully tlOO,
000 of his earnings, Tony Hamilton, the
colored Jockey, Is the wealthiest rider
on the American turf. Hamilton makes
St. Louis his home in the winter and he
owns some Improved real estate there
which has greatly Increased In value
since he purchased It several years
ago. In addition, he owns a house In
New York city, which cost him 120,000,
and a farm In South Carolina, where
Ills iieople reside.
The general public has no Idea of the
tremendous sums earned annually by
successful Jockeys. A first-class rider
easily earns from $10,000 to 120,000 a sea
son, but the money comes easy, and the
Jockeys have no Idea of Its real value.
They gamble and put It In circulation
through various other channels. Ham
ilton was Ilka the rest until he married
the daughter of a thrifty St. Loul9 col
ored inun named Messley, who la the
janitor of the Laclede building. She
made him settle down and take care of
his earnings.
BEGAN IN 1S81.
The story of Hamilton's career on the
turf will no doubt prove Interesting.
Tonv Is now 2!l years old, and he went
on the turf ns a stable boy when he was
14 years old. That was back in mi,
and he was galloping horses and riding
them In races occasionally ior live
years before he finally landed Ills first
winner.
He rode his first winning mount on
r.llly Lakeland's famous bread-winning
Exile. For a vear previous Hamilton
had been In the service of Lakeland,
who has since made a name for himself.
us one of the greatest trainers on the
turf. , He coached and taught Tony the
fundamental principles of horseman
ship. "Father" Bill Daly taugl.t
'Snapper Garrison. Jimmy AlcLaugn-
lin. the Lamlev boys and other famous
Jockeys the same knowledge which
proved so valuable to them in atter
years.
After he was with Lakeland for two
years Hamilton became recognized as
one of the best riders in America. Then
3. H. Huggin, the millionaire California
turfman, who owned the immortal ai
vator, secured first call on his services.
Later on Hamilton rode regularly for
the Idle Senator Hearst, the late Aug
ust Belmont, Mike Dwyer and the
Messrs. Keene, for whom Billy Lake
land Is now training.
PAYS TO BE HONEST.
tUthoiigli almost every promising rid
er Is offered big inducements to cheat
at the outset of his career, one who does
so never amounts to much afterward.
He may be the besj kind of a rider, but
the better class of owners shun htm.
These men pay the big money, and when
ruler is m dlnrepute with them, his
earning capacity is limited. Most of the
nrst-cluss Jockeys are smart enough to
realize this fact, and try their utmost to
win.no mutter what the price Is against
their mount.
Kvery racing stable haa to liuve a
number of exercise boys. Many of them
ore bound over to the owner or train
er. Harry Griffin, the most celebrated
light-weight rider In America, was tak
en from an orphan asylum In New
York, when he was In his early teens,
by Jimmy Shields. The latter is still
his guardian, and will, no doubt, get
his share of the $20,000 which. It Is said.
August Belmont has contracted to pay
for Cirlflln's services next year.
The exercise boys gallop the horses
In the mornings, and as soon as any
particular hid shows unusual aptitude
at his work It will be noticed. Than the
boy gets a chance to ride in a race.
Even under the most competent school
ing, however. It takes years to develop
a finished rider. A lad may take to
riding horses like a duck does to water,
but before he becomes a first-class
Jockey he must learn to judge pace and
the other essential qualities, which will
enable a good rider on a poor horse
to beat a poor Jockey on a good horse
a great deul more frequently than Is
generally supposed.
WON TWO BIO RACES.
During the past season Hamilton ac
complished the remarkable achieve
ment of riding the winner of both the
Brooklyn and the Suburban handicaps,
In the Brooklyn he rode Hornpipe to
victory and in the Suburban he finished
In front of Lazzarone. Both were neg
levied outsiders In the betting, but
Hamilton was reasonably confident of
winning before he went to the post In
each event. Luzzarone had finished sec
ond to Hornpipe In the Brooklyn and
Hamilton knew something about his
staying qualities when he took him to
the post In the big Coney Island event,
which came later on.
Tony thinks Henry of Navarre has
been the best race horse In America for
the past two years, but he Is satisfied
that Clifford who won the Club Mem
bers' Handicap In St. Louis could give
him a tussle at six furlongs.
ROLL STILL CLIMBING.
Over 1.000 Members Added to L, A. W
During the Your.
Boston, April 10. The League of
American Wheelmen membership got
another big boost last week. It buries
the previous week's record by more
than 100 names. Out of thirty-seven
states and territories 1,160 applications
found their way Into Secretary Has
sett's ollice. New York, as usual, lead
lng all by a big plurality. Massachu
setts Is in second place. New York
contributed 431, Massachusetts 209.
while New Jersey comes in third with
115.
The other states follow In order:
Pennsylvania SH, Indiana 38. Iowa 3',
Missouri BJ. Kentucky 27. California
(north; 22. Michigan 20. Dirtrlct of Col
umbia 17, Miiryland 14. Rhode Island 12,
Connecticut and .. Wisconsin 11 each,
K a Usui !i, Illinois, .Maine, Ohio and
Oregon 7 each, West Virginia ii, Ne-
243 WYOMING AVKNIE.
I'rlrate riding leunnist 11m A rinory free.
The licit cipilpp."! rnpnir Khop In tux city.
Barjalm la seewud band b!cye.',i,
s. w. k"ellum.
COLUHflBIA aN HARTFORD
ii r ii
tiraska, S. Minnesota and New Hamp
shire 4 each. Colorado. Delaware. North
Dakota and Virginia 3 each. Arkansis,
Georgia. Oklahoma and California
I south) ! each. Florida. Louisiana.
Texas. Vermont and Washington 1
each.
BICYCLES ARE BAGGAGE.
The New York I.eclslatare Passes Arm-
strong llieeelo Bill.
Albany. April 10. Both branches of
the legislature passed the bicycle bag
gage bill. '
The bill as passed provides that bi
cycles are to be deemed baggage and
snail oe transported as baggage for
passengers by railroad corporations
and subject to the same liabilities and
no passenger shall be required to crate.
cover, or otherwise protect any such
bicycle, provided, however, that a rail
road corporation shall not he required
to transport, under the provisions of
this act. more than one bicycle for a
single person.
The senate also passed the assembly
bill, which forbids sparring exhibitions,
except under the auspices of legally
organized athletic clubs.
A JOCKEY CONFESSES.
Chora Makes a Clean Breast of the Con-
piraev to Beat Hool. makers.
New York. April 10. Jockey Cliorn.
one of the jockeys accused of entering
into a conspiracy to defraud the book
makers at the Bay District. San Fran
cisco, race track, has confessed. He
said he was Implicated with the Chi
nese plunger. Fong Chlng, or "Little
Pete." who gave him a share of the
winnings.
Chorn also said that "Little Pete"
had a big staff whom he paid from $20
to $200 for their assistance. He suyu
the Jockeys Implicated irot about $15.-
000 as their share of the schemes.
Bnssball at Stato College.
KtnlA Pnllutfa lia A r.,.11 111 l.n a A
- U. , 4 , , 1 II AV. lilt.
ball season here will not open with
the game on Saturday with the West
ern University of Pennsylvania, the
same having been canceled. The sea
son will open, however,' next Tuesday
with a game with Washington and Jef
ferson to be played here. The ball can
didates are In good condition, but as
yet Manager Cromllsli has not decided
Oil t hf tPfl m Ha w 1 1 eVti-u-iat. r. wirifi-
sent the college on the diamond this
ir, eiecnon win ue maue now
within a few days. The schedule haa
been entlrelv rAvleA! fa 1 1,. unonn
and, as It stands, Is as follows: Aprli
j, wasningion and JenTerson at State
ColleffP! A I ti ll 1ft Prlnnatnn , D,iHna.
ton: April 20. University of Pennsyl-
. nitt m rniiaueipnia; April 21, ord
ham at New York; April 25, open date;
ADrtl 28. WnRttTiLnatut. at Cr.fr,. mil... .
May 4, Colgate at State College; May
8, Emmlttsburg at Emmlttsburg; May
9, Dickinson at Carlisle; May 15, Dick
inson at Ktntf IILua. Mu,, oi
date; May 30, Demoreats at William-
uuutr o. benign hi tseinienem;
Jlin A f a f u trot a n T7.-, ..,-... r.. .
ueraorests at State College.
BASE BALL NOTES.
Toronto Is wlnnlna-
C'lymer has finally re-signed with Buf
falo at an increased salary.
The telephone query, "What's the
ie: win mage as appearance in
Scranton next week.
lister German Is doing much better
work in the pitcher s box than any of
the New York organization.
The Rochester Hruwiilpn lmv io,,.-,,t.i
and will next week play exhibition games
vii ur nui-uesier university campus.
the Fort Worth Ball club Sunday, arid
i ciieiiBieui 'Diicnpu in rim err, m r- nvn nci
uiuj iuur iii oi win maue o nnis delivery
Dean, the Scranton Yannir Man's fhHc
tlan association pitcher, who signed wit!
loruiuo. is snowing up well in the prac
tice names.
Syracuse's only consolation at present Is
that practice games don'i exactly reveal
what the clubs will do when the regular
eairufi urging.
Rusle. the Herculean New York nltrher.
Is losing exactly $13.33 every day that he
muses io report, ne receives a salary
of Kuu a month and it begins to run Just
u buuii us ne reports.
No less than thirteen of the leadlnz rev
enteen batsmen of the National league
were left-handed hitters. This Is proba
bly accounted for by the fact that nev;r
before were there so few effective left-
handd pitchers in the league as last sea
son.
John M. Ward extols young Jones, the
springneiu out newer, unusually, while he
adds that In Clara Payne the Brooklyn
club has a pitcher that will develop Into
one of the very etronirest In the National
league. He also regards Harper as a
strong acquisition.
In the spring of '85 John L. Sullivan was
paid $1,000 by Chris Von Del- A lie for
pitching three innings fur the St. Louis
Brown, s in an exhibition game, John
offered to plt?h for $100 a game In San
Francisco last week, but the game is as
dead out mere as jonn L,. is pugiusticany.
At a special meeting of the Atlantic
Base Ball league It was decided to allow
the Jersey City team, which is composed
of New York's surplus players, to play its
home games on the Polo grounds. All
conflicting dates will be rectified. The
name ot the club was changed to .Metro
politan. The Baltimore were whipped la a prac
tice game at Petersburg, Va., and the
humiliation was so great that a free-for-all
right took place between the two
clubs. Tills 1 to 0 defeat Is the first game
wniun tne Haitimores have lost In exhibi
tion seasons since 18M. If those players
fight, bleed and flee over such a small
thing, what will they do when the pen
nant race begins? They are needed In
Cuba.
Amos Kusle hai received an offer to
pitch In the Southern Illinois league, at
Chester. III. This league Isn't protected
by the National agreement. He says he
will accept unless Freedman will remit
that $100 fine. The Chester club Is the
one with which BreltenslMn was engaged.
Little Cub Strieker realizes to his sor
row what a thankless thing it is to be a
weak hitter. He would be a major leaguer
were it not ior nis weakness at the bat.
The Syracuse writers have ceased
booming the Stars for two reason Ales.
merlst Kuntzsch Is away with the team
on the practice trip, and the team of
grandstand fielders and blind hitters are
getting it on the Juglar. However, give
the devil his due; here's what the Phila
delphia Inquirer pays cf Kuntzsch's
men: "The Saltmakers should cut a wide
swath In the Eastern league. The In
field is very fast, and after a little prac
tice the outfield will render a good account
of itself."
Jack Sheridan, who was appointed it
league umpire, is going to follow Bob
Gmslie's plan In the matter of dealing
with players. It Is not the decisions that
an umpire makes tha gets him into trou
ble. It Is the lack of backbone and nerve
that causes this much-abuved Individual
a whole lot of trouble. Like KmMle,
Sheridan will not allow his decisions to
be questioned. "I Don't mini the captain
of a team asking me for an explanation
of a decision, providing he aks in the
right way' said .Mr. Sheridan, "but I will
not allow a crowd of players to gather
around me and start a disillusion. The In
stant anything of this kind Is attempted
1 am going lo enforce the rules."
WHIRLS OF THE WHEEL
The easlet-t way to repulr a tire Is to
have some one else do It for yuu.
The English unpaced mile strntghtawnv
road recor.l has be?n lowered to 3-5
by A. C, Nesbitt.
Austin Crocks will try tin; foreign tracks
this year, as he did hu t. tie will, more
than likely, run up unalnsi the Jolnison
Kck party over there.
A bill lias been Introduced In the Rhode
Inland tdute- legislature which mallei it
a crlmnul olfeiie ij throw anything on
a road which will pum-turo n bicycle lire.
Sinc-u Hlchard .Mansrield began riding a
bicycle he has gained some of the sound
sense he Was supposed to be possessed of
years ago. The other day he signed a live
years' contract at a salary that would
support the Duke of .Marlborough. And
now Itlrhard is ldmscir again.
J. W. Parson, Zliniuy's hoodoo, has been
f.olng soiu exjMlmi work since trie
Bkeewr returned to his native heath, On
Feb. I, at Melbourne, the Australian won
the G' m lie championship In U.2s, and on
Feb. 2a, al'Adolalde, reduced the Austra
lian mile record to 2.0:1. Thin time wis
nude in a special trial In which he was
paced and officially timed.
sroanxc (.osgp.
If thos who have sweater iluv mlh
to Waxu mill try clear gasoline, no sojip,
it will give them a ele&n. unshrunk gar
meat with half the trouble and lime wiev
now take." a cyclist. "Souse It and
squeeze It a short time, press out the ex
cess gasoline. Hang on line la sun or wind
and in a short time it is reedy for use.
1 have washed mv eutlt-f anii a fl.iimhr
of times and It always comes out as bright
miu i-ien as new. win wash line sua
wains, nNt scans, in ract auvthlng. Try
it. and )ou will never use un-r, v-uld or
ann."
An American oueillat. n:iort.l t.-. Ka
the foulest ttghn-r in this land, is now
wlnnlug tame in Rnglaud. "Alvsierloiis"'
Billy Smiih couldn't gt on much work
here on account of hi tactics, so he ment
abroad. He has had easy opponents thus
far. and American fairness has not been
smirched. A game, skillful antagonist Is
bound to brlmt out Smith's ugly trait,
nd then Yankee fair .play with catch it.
Smith is a rough-and-ready ptiKllist nt
im-xi, anu in audition is being managed
by a Boston man, whose methods are
riKky and may give ortens? to the I.vit-
isners. smith and maa.iser ar? now trv.
lng a questionable plan. A challenge has
been issued to meet any thiee men of any
weight in Ureal Britain. This policy Is
bound to antagonise, and ill-feeling
apalnyt the American will not be bene
ficial lo his chances. Smith Is really a
welterweight, ami haa no business with
good men In a class higher.
While European tours have been sa suc
cessful n lo attract m.iny into the bust
ness ofecondurtlng them, It Is strange
that tours In this country have seldom
been largely attended even when the route
was thi-ouxh the most attractive section
of the country and the cost of taking part
almost nominal. Individual tourists there
are. of i-ourse. by the thousands, but the
few attempts at organised trips have sel
dom proved satisfactory. One reason for
this Is, of course, that It Is illtlicult to
select a route which would contain eiioiiKh
weu-iaid highways for a lengthy trip, and
this, or course, would be an obstacle to
any cross-country tour, but even the or-
ganizea parties ror single week tours have
not been well attended. Perhaps tho
wliolo solution of ii Is that the average
rider feels that, hnvlnir his wheel, ho in
so thoroughly Independent that, given a
congenial menu or iwo, lie wants nothing
more.
Tourlllir bV Wheel la nnw nnrrla,! nn In
ftlc-h an extent both at home and abroad
that many of the tourist agencies now
advertise trips personally conducted on
wheel as well as by boat and rail. The
number of touring parties which will cross
the ocean during the coming summer
promises to be very large, to say nothing
of the individuals. One manager of per
sonally conducted tours Is out with an
announcement of a foreign trip for ladies
only, which will occupy all of July and
August, while a number of managers nre
arranging trips which are open to both
ladles and gentlemen, although the major
ity of parlies will as ususal be made up
of gentlemen only. The idea of a trip for
ladles only Is entirely new and show
plainly iho Important position which lady
cyclers now occupy.
"I'll wager a dollar to a uiiai t uf sun.
shine," says ex-L'mplre George W. Burn-
nam, - inai i saw tne runniest play evr
made on the diamond. In I was um
piring for Waikins at Port Huron. 'D.-m'
O'Leary came up there with the Pittsburg
urow ns.
" "By the four-toneue forks of Dunte'a
lightning, George, but I'm glad to see yo.i.
nat are you uoing nere -.- was uan s pre
liminary. " 'Umpiring.'
" 'Thank heaven for that! The fatei
are at last upon my side!'
"Well, we went up to the park afto?
dinner. MountJoy was pitching for Port
Huron. O Leaiy had heard of the then
celebrated pitcher, but had not met him.
Dan headed the batting orders.
" 'So this Is DumJoy, Is It not?' quoth
Dan, as he took his position at the bat.
" 'One strike!' I shouted.
" 'What's that, George? You forget we
are from the same municipality. Let m
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have one crack at the ball, and I'll wake
a Canadian citlxen out of Ii.'
" 'Sirike two!'
"O'Leary frenzied. Til kme the
ball In spite of you.' Da bats left baa-ted,
ilounijoy pitched htm an Inshoot.
Dan siepptl out of the Hues and knocked
It am-ay over Morrison Into the left.
'Wei', what . do you think of me,
George, you great mountain of obbeitty
go baok on a ftfliow town man, eh? Well,
just tell the scorers to mark down a home
ruu." (Dan bad made the ilrvuli.)
" I canuot do that. Dan. t said.
"'Why not?
'Your out.
'Well, what am 1 out forT O'Ltary de
manded In amasrmenl.
" 'For running the bases In the wrong
way.
"O'Leary was so excited that he actually
made the circuit by way ot third Instead
of tint." New York Telegram.
SPORTS OF ALL KINDS.
There Is a possibility of Dick O'Brien
and "Kid" McCoy coming together In the
near future. These men fought a So
round (haw a. Boston on May 26 Inst.
The famous pacer Joe Patchen, 2.1M, has
arrived at Kankakee, III., wiln Is driver.
Jack Curry, and he will be trained over
the kite-shaped track at that place for
the coming campaign.
John Qulnn says that Maher will meet
Slavin Creedon and Choynski for $2,500
or $6,0iM a side, and the largest .purse of
fered, the tight to ccme off before the club
offering the best purse.
Klght mares have been bred to Domino,
seven Imported and one native. Anions
the imported mares are a half-sister to St.
(.alien, a sinter to Welton and daughters
ot St. Simon. Isonomy, Bend Or. Hermit
and Toouvhet.
Mike Leonard and his brother are go
ing on the variety stage In un act to be
called "The Swell and the Tough." Of
course Michael Is the swell, and when
be Is Insulted by the Tough, there Is a
fist lit, in which the brother gets badly
punished.
Billy Pllmmer Is coming to this country
again next fall. In a letter to an Intimate
friend Billy announces his Intention ot
re-entering the ring to try and regain
some or ins lost prestige. "1'euiar t'ai
mer, who was the tli-st boxer to down
him, according to Pllmmer, will be here
at the same time.
8a n Antonio, Tex., boasts an artist with
the euphonious name of Topperwlne, who
handles a ride in an artistic way. Re
cently he made a very good profile of his
head by (hooting 22-callbcr bullets Into a
paper with a repatlng rifle at a distance
of twenty-five feel. It took seventy shots
to complete the picture.
The Coney Island Jockey club has Is
sued a handsome stake book bound In
boards, for the current year. It contains,
besides full conditions of the stakes, entry
and declaration blanks, etc. The chief
events of the spring meeting, with their
estimated values, are: The Suburban, $25,
ouu; Realisation. liS.uOu: Great Trial, 10,
000; Volunteer, xiO.uw; Double Event, $lu,
000; Sea and Sound, $10,000, and Tidal, $7,u00.
There Is nochange of cars of any class
between New York and Chicago via the
West Shore and Nickel Plate Roads.
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